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V2EX is the personal blog of Xin Livid Liu.
This blog is a source about Xin’s life and interests in Gadgets, Cocoa Touch, Web and Science Fiction.
Xin is always doing creative stuff like iPhone app develop, graphic design and web develop. Livid is Xin’s nickname since 2000. Livid is a lovely word in term of symmetry, and easy to remember.
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Dear Xin,
I posted a 100% working solution for the overheating problem.
Your solution was a good attempt but doesn’t seem to work for everyone. Mine on the otherhand has a 100% success rate. Although in some cases people do have a busted GPU. In that case no software solution can help. I allready replied to your solution. But maybe you could create a blog post for my solution in that way we can reach more users.
Here’s the solution:
I solved the heat-issue in Windows Vist32 (tested and worked!)
This should also work in XP, XP64 and VISTA 64 although not tested.
Goto the Nvidia website and download the latest notebook drivers (http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook_drivers.html).
Uninstall your old notebook drivers through device-manager and restart.
Now install the Nvidia notebook drivers you just downloaded and restart.
NOW THE IMPORTANT PART!!!
After numerous hours of testing i found out that installing new Nvdia display drivers overwrite some Nvidia chipset drivers. This causes your fans not spinning at all under heavy GPU load.
THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE BECAUSE TEMPERATURES CAN EASILY PASS 100 degrees celsius.
Now for the fix in four easy steps!
1. Under Windows insert your MacOS original install-disc (the one with the bootcamp drivers)
2. Choose to explore the Bootcamp folder.
3. Now open the drivers folder and browse to the Nvidia folder.
4. Now install the package called nvidiachipset. These come in all flavors (XP, XP64, VISTA, VISTA64) choose the correct version for your OS.
After installation a reboot is not even necessary. Start your favorite game and notice the extreme humming of your speeding fans! Should sound like music!
So remember. Every time you update your graphics drivers A REINSTALL OF THE CHIPSET DRIVERS FOR YOUR UNIBODY MBP MUST BE DONE!! If you don’t the fans won’t come up under heavy load which will result in a BUSTED GPU!!!